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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1920
Page
18
The greeting to General Pershing in Boston was cordial and clearly showed the city's warm appreciation. The commander of the army destined for fame will likely remember his first post France visit to Boston with pleasure, and his respect for New England's soldiers was evident in both his demeanor and words.
Chicago physicians at the American Congress of Internal Medicine report progress in treating influenza and germ isolation data during a six day session. They urge victims to rest in bed and avoid exertion, comparing the germ to poisonous gas that harms the heart.
The piece notes British aviation efforts after World War I with an air ministry funding routes Cairo to Capetown and to Australia and cooperation with France on London Paris air service. It cites six months in Britain: 21 000 flights 50 000 passengers 303 000 miles and two fatalities as allies push ahead in commercial flying, questioning Yankee leadership in maritime spirit.
The Paisley result places Herbert H. Asquith in the Opposition front bench amid Liberal strength. His candidacy is described as personal rather than party driven as Britain seeks experienced guidance during a distracted era.
The passage notes growing unease within the Coalitionists after by election reverses. The Liberty party gains a stronger footing, a feat not matched by any other party figure, challenging the Premier to respond or risk losing countrywide support.
Preliminary January trade data reveal exports at the highest January level ever, with imports also breaking monthly records. Despite low exchange rates, foreign buyers continued purchasing, aided by price differences and the need for food and raw materials, while the United States, as a free gold market creditor, attracts payments in goods.
A plea that film standards be raised to protect public morals. The piece praises clean stars Mary Pickford Marguerite Clark and others while condemning vampir e and sex focused films. It urges self reform in the industry before state censorship takes effect and highlights public pressure to act.
The article argues Congress underfunds diplomatic pay, forcing diplomats to self fund housing and living abroad. It condemns the lack of embassy ownership and the exclusion of modest means candidates, citing Lowell as an example of hardship in service.
A short editorial urges Congress to resolve a persistent problem, arguing it has a single correct solution and should reflect the will of ordinary citizens. The piece laments legislative delay and presses for decisive action.
The piece argues that every generation romanticizes a past golden age and tests the idea through literature. It traces the notion from ancient Homer to modern writers, noting how Nestor’s boastful memory signals the futility of finding a true golden age in history. It suggests exploring the future instead.
Stephen Graham, English author and traveler, observed Russians and American Negroes, while the Massachusetts DAR may elect Mrs. Franklin P. Shumway of Melrose as regent. Frank M. Hawes of Somerville School Board marks 60 years teaching, born 180 in Warren. Rosa Raisa, Campanini, and Noel Leslie noted. George E. Roberts rises in banking from editor to mint director. Ella F. Abbott heads Amos Abbott Mills with a 26000 monthly payroll. Agnes Ryan, editor of The Woman's Journal, edits, farms, and writes.
A reader from Jamaica Plain thanks the paper for the helpful top headings. He praises their influence and calls the feature a constructive aid. He notes it has aided him more than once and expresses gratitude for the paper’s perception of its necessity.
Barry Hogarty, superintendent of an American smelter at Matimi in Durango, was released by bandits who seized him for ransom. A telegram from the American Metal Company’s Monterey branch confirms his release but gives no detail on any payment.
Official figures show Boston’s coldest Feb 26 were 4 and 5 above in 1907 and 1900, while the warmest reached 56 in 1911. In the past decade there has been no rain or snow on this date except in 1912 1918 and 1919.
A long readers’ column mixes satire, anecdotes, and observations. notes include a denial of gender slur about Miss C Gar Box, a sighting of pheasants in Franklin Park, fashion shifts away from fainting maids, snowshoeing near town, a cat Hamdy thwarting a proof carrier, rising pie prices, Saturn's appearance, and assorted letters about local life and travel, plus notes on colonial dresses and Goatskin fashion trends.
A reader quotes a paradoxical line urging cheerfulness as a means to aid humanity, suggesting hidden opportunity in positive action. The note echoes a playful philosophical stance from a sphinx figure and invites reflection on motivation and service.
A humorous Boston letter warns that 40 reels of piano music for hens may not suit them. The author jokes about past attempts to make hens lay square eggs and argues jazz would disrupt laying, while soothing music might coax hens to lay more.
Jamaica possesses much soil for sugar cane and wartime shortages spur production. plantations inland rely on ox teams for transport, while near Spanish Town large tracts rival Cuba. Jamaica exports about 60 thousand tons yearly, Barbados surpasses by 20 thousand. Tourism and banana growing now drive prosperity, hotels thrive, and prohibition in the United States has less impact here than in Cuba or the Bahamas.
Birthday notes celebrate Joseph Le Conte born February 26 1525 in Liberty County Georgia. A geologist and natural history expert he studied at Harvard studied coral reefs along the Florida coast and taught in Georgia and on the Pacific coast. His geology writings became standard texts and his Evolution and Its Relation to Religious Thought influenced university courses. He died in 1901.
The letter asks if Memorial Day is a uniform holiday nationwide noting New England observes a different memorial day and several Southern states mark Confederate Memorial Day on varying dates. It discusses regional variation in holiday observance.
The War Department will not hold training camps for reserve officers this summer and no reserve officers will be called this year without their consent. General March said the officers now commissioned in the reserve corps have wartime experience and the cost of camps is not justified. Future training depends on army reorganization.
In Annapolis on February 25 coinciding with Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League visiting to explain the Volstead act the Maryland Legislature introduced resolutions in both houses rescinding Maryland's ratification of the federal prohibition amendment and authorizing the governor to pursue its annulment.
The text identifies Sitting Bull as a real Sioux chief born in Dakota in 1837, led Native forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and was killed in 1890, affirming his historical existence beyond dime novels.
The America's Cup has seen multiple series since 1851 with races in 1870 1871 1876 1881 1885 1886 1887 1893 1895 1899 1901 and 1903. An American yacht has lost a race to a foreign challenger, as when Columbia defeated Livonia after a breakdown on October 19, and Shamrock II beat Columbia on time allowance on October 4 1901. Valkyrie III finished first in 1895 but was disqualified for fouling Defender.
The text states a bushel of dry beans weighs 60 pounds, lima beans 56 pounds, scarlet runner pole beans TM pounds, and string beans 24 pounds. It notes the beans are the variety commonly baked by Boston housewives for Saturday supper.
A verse by Walt Mason laments how small sums and petty expenditures shape fortunes. It traces how savings, sickness, jobs, legal troubles, and eventual ruin hinge on coins and dimes, ending with a wary warning about spending and fate.
The passage compares closest planetary approaches noting Venus can come nearer to Earth than Mars yet remains harder to observe. At its nearest the planet is a thin crescent, and as a half-moon its distance surpasses Mars at its most favorable view.
The text notes Georges Quien was sentenced to death for betraying Nurse Cavell but was later found not guilty by the French court of that crime. He received a 20 year prison sentence as a spy instead.
The article explains that at the same latitude as parts of Argentina and neighboring South American regions, seasons are opposite to those in the northern hemisphere. It notes summer in the southern regions coinciding with our winter and describes the equator crossing the continent near the Amazon entrance to the Atlantic, near Ecuador.
A brief inquiry appears to ponder planetary motion and which planet comes closest to Earth in apparent approach. The fragment hints at astronomical debate but lacks context or conclusion.
The jagged boundary along the northern edge of Massachusetts near the coast aligns with the Merrimac River because a March 19, 1628 grant fixed the colony’s northern limit at three miles north of the Merrimac. The southern boundary ran three miles south of the Charles River, prompting disputes with Plymouth colonists.
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